Against the dress code

I like this story for two reasons—it's utterly ridiculous and it prominently features one of my favorite "comedy gold" words. See if you can guess which one:

Captain Underpants has battled talking toilets and Professor Poopypants, but he was no match for a high school principal who banned students from dressing up as the children's book character.

Long Beach High School Principal Nicholas Restivo took the action Wednesday after three 17-year-old girls wore beige leotards and nude stockings under white briefs and red capes on the school's Superhero Day.

"Yes, I know they weren't naked," Restivo said. "But the appearance was that they were naked."

How can you be naked if you're wearing underpants? And why am I just now hearing about this character?

Anyway, isn't this kind of a stupid thing to be freaking out about in these days of crazy people locking themselves in schools and killing a bunch of kids? If they dressed up as Crazy Guy Who's Going to Kill a Bunch of Kids Man, I could see how sending them home to change might be a bit more justifiable.